Army
Valor Friday
Have you ever heard the story of the British Commando who beat a Nazi Luftwaffe field marshal about the head with the marshal’s own baton of rank to the point of literally breaking his skull? I hadn’t, but it’s a great story. Derek Mills-Roberts was born in England in 1908. He was schooled at Liverpool […]
What are we paying for?
News on two related fronts says we, the taxpayers, are getting screwed. First up: Over a million F-35 parts are unaccountable. Meaning they are lost, in the wrong place, not in the right inventory, something – $85,000,000 worth of wheredaheckisit. Auditors said that because the government doesn’t have its own system tracking those parts, […]
Valor Friday
French Marshal of France Ferdinand Foch, who was Supreme Allied Commander during World War I, once called Albert Roche “The First Soldier of France.” Roche, born in 1895, was of course not the first French soldier, Marshal Foch’s own service predates Roche’s birth by nearly three decades. He was, in Foch’s estimation, the first in […]
Valor Friday
Our own King of Battle pointed out that Luther Story, who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for gallantry in action during the Korean War is about to be returned home and finally, properly laid to rest. We talked about Corporal Story back at the beginning of the month when it was announced his remains […]
Jim Brown, NFL legend and Army vet, dies at age 87
Probably the most famous Cleveland Brown of all time, Jim Brown, passed away yesterday. For nine seasons, from 1957 to 1965, Brown was one of the best players in the NFL. A member of both the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame, he was sent to the Pro Bowl every year he played. […]
Steven Spainhouer, Dallas mall witness and Army vet
Several of the news feeds have talked about Steven Spainhouer, a self-described Army vet who says he was near the Allen mall when his son called him saying there was an active shooter. He says he beat the cops to the mall (disputing their timeline) and says he attempted to aid victims but that their […]
Valor Friday
In my studies for last week’s article I stumbled across an interesting tidbit. According to several sources, the last dogfight between two aircraft over Europe during World War II was not between two front-line fighters. Rather it was between two liaison planes, with the pilot and observer in one using their sidearms to force an […]
Big week for base renaming
The former Ft. Hood, TX was renamed Ft. Cavazos Tuesday in honor of GEN Edward Cavazos, the Army’s first Hispanic 4-star. The change at one of the country’s largest military installations follows efforts by the military to confront racial injustice and inequality in its ranks, particularly in the aftermath of the 2020 killing of George […]
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